Visas costs in Chile: how much does your visa cost?

How to pay for your visa? Where to find the cost of a visa to Chile, depending on the type of visa you apply for?

08/08/2019, updated 10/07/2024

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How to pay for your visa?

The Chile immigration service (Servicio de Migraciones) has implemented a new online platform for visa applications.

When you apply for a visa, you pay immediately after finishing filing your application. It can be done online using the payment systems available in Chile. If you are not yet in Chile, you will be able to pay:

  • by credit card using the WebPay system, which allows international credit cards (make sure your bank has not restricted international payments).
  • using PayPal: you can use your PayPal account, or pay by credit card on PayPal.

Please note that when filing a visa for you and your family:

  • Children below 18 years old don't pay visa fees.
  • If you relocate with your partner, you must first fill out your own application and pay it. Then, there will be a checkbox saying "do you want a grouped application?", which means with your family. If you tick that, you will be asked to fill out your partner and children's applications.

Cost of visas

Temporary residency visa

As far as the cost of a visa is concerned, the immigration service distinguishes three types of visas:

  • Student visa
  • Temporary residency visa
  • Work visa

Each type of visa may have a different cost. You can check this page from the immigration service website to check the price of the visa.

Below are the current visa fees in US dollars as of July 2024. The immigration service last updated the visa fees in 2020 and has not modified them since then.

CountryVisa temporariaVisa sujeto a contratoVisa estudiante
Afghanistan10013015
Albania140140140
Algeria404040
Andorra10010018
Angola150150150
Antigua and Barbuda120060
Argentina250250250
Armenia200200200
Australia2252,890445
Austria100100100
Azerbaijan250250250
Bahamas25025
Bahrain11914552
Bangladesh121212
Barbados300300300
Belarus270270270
Belgium202202202
Belize6253838
Benin6012015
Bhutan6012015
Bolivia149401169
Bosnia and Herzegovina122122122
Botswana1389246
Brazil100100100
Brunei161616
Bulgaria136136136
Burkina Faso6012015
Burundi6012015
Cabo Verde6012015
Cambodia10013060
Cameroon406015
Canada265265175
Central African Republic6012015
Chad6012015
China424242
Colombia28228277
Comoros6012015
Congo406060
Congo (RDC)707070
Cook Islands121212
Costa Rica650650350
Côte d'Ivoire666666
Croatia919122
Cuba888888
Cyprus12212265
Czechia120120120
Denmark455455286
Djibouti6012015
Dominica29629674
Dominican Republic195295285
Ecuador450450130
Egypt151515
El Salvador140131121
Equatorial Guinea406015
Eritrea16015015
Estonia7210272
Eswatini898960
Ethiopia303030
Fiji16016070
Finland675585450
France115115115
Gabon606060
Gambia6012015
Georgia202020
Germany858585
Ghana406043
Greece101202101
Grenada121,89012
Guatemala200300100
Guinea959512
Guinea-Bissau6012015
Guyana140140140
Haiti252515
Honduras107123107
Hong-Kong303030
Hungary11011038
Iceland125125125
India12312378
Indonesia110185110
Iran12512580
Iraq737373
Ireland3411,478341
Israel124825
Italy261261187
Jamaica150150150
Japan555555
Jordan434412
Kazakhstan606060
Kenya38538513
Kiribati232323
Korea (North)404040
Korea (South)909090
Kuwait4013015
Kyrgyzstan125125125
Laos353535
Latvia154154118
Lebanon186186186
Lesotho107107107
Liberia406015
Libya636363
Liechtenstein150150150
Lithuania656565
Luxembourg909090
Madagascar406015
Malawi406015
Malaysia357218
Maldives10013015
Mali406015
Malta106392106
Marshall Islands353535
Mauritania252525
Mauritius121212
Mexico28641136
Micronesia406015
Moldova110110110
Monaco121212
Mongolia394539
Montenegro121212
Morocco151515
Mozambique299299128
Myanmar10018015
Namibia64213109
Nauru406015
Nepal1010030
Netherlands192321192
New Zealand1,478289194
Nicaragua267142121
Niger6012015
Nigeria200200200
North Macedonia515151
Norway1,239637625
Oman525252
Pakistan170194122
Palau121212
Panama1,1001,150300
Papua New Guinea31031040
Paraguay288288288
Peru808080
Philippines220588378
Poland656565
Portugal858585
Qatar707070
Romania138138138
Russian Federation909090
Rwanda406015
Saint Kitts and Nevis223926400
Saint Lucia280140280
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines67067016
Samoa250500125
San Marino102102102
Sao Tome and Principe406015
Saudi Arabia43440
Senegal406015
Serbia153153153
Seychelles406015
Sierra Leone6012015
Singapore77200150
Slovakia1371370
Slovenia828282
Solomon Islands6012015
Somalia6012015
South Africa11511532
South Sudan357035
Spain000
Sri Lanka200200200
Sudan357035
Suriname210210210
Sweden103206103
Switzerland100100100
Syria565656
Taiwan999999
Tajikistan200200200
Tanzania550550250
Thailand162150162
Timor-Leste505040
Togo6012015
Tonga121212
Trinidad and Tobago160100035
Tunisia121212
Turkey16520060
Turkmenistan500500370
Tuvalu121212
Uganda500500100
Ukraine858585
United Arab Emirates105100278
United Kingdom2,6201,160870
United States of America205190160
Vatican000

Cost of the work permit as a tourist

For those wishing to work on a tourist visa, the cost of the tourist work permit is 1.5 times the price of the visa subject to a work contract.

Cost of the permanent residency

The cost of permanent residency is 118.604 Chilean pesos. However, you do not have to pay if your partner (marriage or civil union) is Chilean or if you are less than 18 years old when you apply.

The immigration service may deny your permanent residency and grant you a new temporary visa instead. In that case, they will ask you to pay (or refund you) the difference between the cost of permanent residence and the cost of your temporary visa (based on your citizenship).

Cost of the Chilean citizenship

The cost of the Chilean citizenship application is 33,026 Chilean pesos. However, the price is reduced to 6,605 Chilean pesos for foreigners with a Chilean partner or a Chilean son/daughter.

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